Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Specter of Death- Part 16

Trembling, Kim placed the planchette into a container to
be analyzed. Her mind reeled, wondering why the killer would place something so
peculiar into Kenj’s abdomen unless he/she knew about the Ouija attempt in the
morgue. That means Marie or Gillian could
be next! The realization that her friends were in grave danger sent an icy
chill through Kim’s core. She ripped off her gloves and reached for her phone
only to have it ring a millisecond before her fingers touched the smooth
plastic. She jumped back, sending her phone flying to the floor.

“Damn it!” Kim growled.

“Something wrong?”

Kim yelped and spun around
to see Bill standing in her doorway, eyes alight and a lopsided grin stretching
across his face.

“What the— are you trying to give me a heart attack,
Billy? Who let you in here, anyway? You’re supposed to be signed in and
announced,” said Kim, panting.

“Sorry about that.” He said, laughing and clearly not
sorry. “There was no one at the desk so I just came back. For someone who works
with dead bodies, you’re awfully jumpy.”

“Ha-ha, very funny. If you’d been working this case you’d
be jumpy too, Bill. It’s getting creepier by the minute. Anyway …” Kim crossed
the room and gave her friend a hug. “I’m glad you’re here. You said you
uncovered some information about those symbols. I really hope it give us
something. Things have gone from bad to worse since we talked.”

“I would have been here sooner but one of my colleagues
wanted to join me. Kim, this is Doctor Phillip Tynesdale. Phillip has a PhD in Religious
Studies with a background in Comparative Philosophy, Theology, World Religions,
and Humanities. He’s the one who realized the symbols were ancient runes,” Bill
said.

A rotund man with a balding
crown and wire rimmed glasses poked his head out from behind Bill and smiled.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you Doctor Tynesdale,” said Kim.
“I can’t thank you enough for taking some time out of your schedule to lend us
a hand.”

“Please, call me Phillip. Any friend of Billy’s is a
friend of mine. I have to admit, the idea of runes being carved into bodies isn’t
something one encounters on an everyday basis so I just had to come see what’s been
going on for myself. Is it true that the carvings themselves change in
appearance or was Bill pulling my leg? He does like to goad me at times.”

“Oh no, that part is real. Very real,” Kim answered. “I
have images on my computer if you’d like to take a look.”

Once Kim got Dr. Tynesdale
settled in with the images, she pulled Bill off toward cold storage to talk
privately.

“Look, I need you to tell me everything you found out
about Ouija Boards and not saying goodbye. I haven’t told anyone else about
this yet but my assistant, Kenj, was found dead in her apartment last night.
She’s got the runes carved in her and everything but this time there was
something else. She had a planchette stuffed into her abdomen. What if Gillian
and Marie are next?”

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